All Notes and Activity Timeline

All Notes is the Space-wide browse view in the sidebar. Click All Notes to open it.

By default you get an activity timeline. You can switch to a classic grid in Appearance settings.

Activity timeline (default)

The timeline groups notes by when you created or edited them. You see:

• A heatmap of recent activity
• Sections such as Today and Yesterday
• Load older notes when you want more history

Scroll the feed and open any note from the list. The timeline is built from the search index, so it reflects indexed create and edit times.

Use the heatmap to jump toward days with activity. Use Load older notes when the first page of history is not enough. While more notes load, the control may show Loading….

Daily notes can appear in the activity feed when they match the day’s create or edit activity and your Daily Notes folder setting.

Classic All Notes grid

Prefer a simple grid? Open Settings → Appearance → Layout and turn on Classic All Notes grid.

Settings description: “Open All Notes as the simple grid instead of the activity timeline.”

With that on, All Notes opens as a grid instead of the activity timeline. Notes group by time buckets:

• Today
• Yesterday
• This Week
• This Month
• Earlier

Use Show activity when you want activity cues back in that classic layout.

Turn Classic All Notes grid off to return to the default timeline.

Index-backed

All Notes reads Glyph’s index. New notes appear after the index picks them up. If a note is missing or dates look wrong after edits outside Glyph, rebuild the index under Settings → Space → Search Index.

All Notes does not duplicate your files. It is a view over the same Markdown notes in the Space folder. Delete or rename in the tree (or with file commands) when you need to change files; All Notes will follow the index.

When to use All Notes

• Find something you edited today without walking the file tree
• Scan recent work across folders
• Browse the whole Space when folders are deep

Use the file tree when you know the folder path. Use All Notes when you care about recency. Use search when you know a phrase or title.

Switch layouts without losing notes

Changing Classic All Notes grid only changes the browse UI. Your Space folder, pins, and open tabs stay as they are. Pick the layout that matches how you review work.

Tips

• Keep the default timeline if you care about recent edits
• Use the classic grid if you prefer fixed buckets (Today, This Week, and the rest).
• Pair All Notes with search (Cmd+P / command palette) when you know a title or phrase.
• Layout toggles live under Settings → Appearance; shortcuts under Settings → Shortcuts.